[A child of autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy who had onset with meningitis]

Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi. 2019 Nov 2;57(11):882-884. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2019.11.013.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

患儿男,11岁,因发热、头痛于2018年5月就诊广州市妇女儿童医疗中心,抗感染治疗无效,病程中出现行走、独坐不稳,精神行为异常,病原学检查阴性,磁共振成像(MRI)双侧基底节多发异常信号,软脑膜及脊膜强化,脑脊液转染小鼠脑组织免疫荧光染色发现胶质纤维酸性蛋白(GFAP)抗体,诊断自身免疫性胶质纤维酸性蛋白星形胶质细胞病。予静脉输注甲泼尼龙冲击治疗后,临床症状改善,上述病灶吸收,无神经系统后遗症。.

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytes / immunology*
  • Astrocytes / metabolism
  • Astrocytes / pathology
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / diagnosis
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / immunology*
  • Brain / immunology
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology
  • Child
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Meningitis*

Substances

  • GFAP protein, human
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein